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Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Adrenal Insufficiency ... Management Summary ... including: pituitary tumor ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome ... #Management #Endocrinology
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ACTH-Dependent (Secondary):
 • Pituitary Dysfunction
 • Hypothalamic Dysfunction
ACTH-Independent (Primary):
Insufficiency - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome ... #AI #Differential ... #Causes #endocrinology
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Insufficiency ... makes the gland ... Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... #AI #differential ... #diagnosis #endocrinology
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... /dL -> Primary AI ... ug/dL Primary AI ... addisons #disease #endocrinology ... #diagnosis #signs
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
- Differential Diagnosis ... Neoplastic: Solid tumors ... bartonella) • Rheum/AI ... Eosinophilic pneumonia, Adrenal ... insufficiency,
Adrenal Insufficiency Treatment - Stress Dose Steroids
 • Large Bore IVs, ~2L IVF & Draw workup
Adrenal Insufficiency ... Major Stressor (critical ... #AI #Treatment # ... Management #StressDose ... #Steroids #endocrinology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
and Differential Diagnosis ... investigations depending on clinical ... context and signs ... , inflammatory markers ... syndrome: troponin
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... Overproduction #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #endocrinology
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... and biologics (tumor ... , renal insufficiency ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Classification of Tumor Lysis Syndrome (TLS) and Treatment of Metabolic Abnormalities of TLS
Laboratory TLS:
 • Uric
Classification of Tumor ... Lysis Syndrome ... Calcium ≤ 7.0 mg/dL Clinical ... #TLS #diagnosis ... #management #oncology